Frederick William Rains (c. 1860 – 3 December 1945) was a British actor and film director.^[1] He was the father of the actor Claude Rains.

Selected filmography

Actor

• The Broken Melody (1916)
• The New Clown (1916)
• The Marriage of William Ashe (1916)
• Sally in Our Alley (1916)
• Sally Bishop (1916)
• A Welsh Singer (1916)
• Land of My Fathers (1921)
• Expiation (1922)
• Little Brother of God (1922)
• A Rogue in Love (1922)
• The Lady Owner (1923)
• The Audacious Mr. Squire (1923)
• Mist in the Valley (1923)
• The Indian Love Lyrics (1923)
• The Money Habit (1924)
• The Conspirators (1924)
• Nell Gwyn (1926)
• The Only Way (1927)
• The Inseparables (1929)
• The Runaway Princess (1929)
• The Clue of the New Pin (1929)
• Stepping Stones (1931)
• Verdict of the Sea (1932)
• A Royal Demand (1933)
• The Broken Rosary (1934)
• Chick (1936)

Director

• Land of My Fathers (1921)

References

External links

• Fred Rains at IMDb 
• Fred Rains at AllMovie
• Fred Rains at the TCM Movie Database
• Fred Rains at the British Film Institute